SEPADPod Special on Saudi-Israeli normalisation

Richardson Institute

On this special episode of SEPADPod Simon speaks with Dr Aziz Alghashian and Dr Nir Boms about Saudi-Israeli normalisation in the first podcast of its kind, bringing Saudi and Israeli scholars together. Aziz is a Fellow with SEPAD and a Saudi researcher focusing on Saudi foreign policy towards Israel. Aziz obtained his PhD in Saudi foreign policy towards Israel, from the University of Essex, where he lectured from 2019-2021. Aziz has published on Saudi political history and Discoursing sectarianism, in addition to a number of journalistic pieces with The Conversation, AGSIW and the SEPAD website. Aziz is currently working on his book project on Saudi relations with Israel. Nir is D a research fellow at the Moshe Dayan Center at Tel Aviv University. He is the Chairman of the Syria Research Forum and the Gulf Israel Policy Forum as well as the coordinator of the TAU Workshop on Israel and the Middle East and the Hiwar Forum for Intra-Regional Dialogue. On this episode, Simon, Aziz and Nir talk about the Abraham Accords and prospects for Saudi-Israeli normalisation. The conversation includes a discussion of existing relations, ideas of a 'tacit security regime', Iran, the Muslim Brotherhood, the role of the US, and the importance of the Palestinian question.